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Micah (other)
Micah (; ) is a given name. Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), and means "He who is like God”. The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in '' Yah'' and in ''Yahweh'' results in Michaiah or Michaihu (), meaning ''who is like Yahweh?''New Bible Dictionary, second edition. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, USA. Suffix theophory in '' El'' results in ''Michael'' (), meaning "who is like god". In German and Dutch, Micah is spelled and the ''ch'' in the name is pronounced either or ; the first is more common in female names, the latter in male names. The name is not as common as Michael or Michiel. In Finnish Micah is spelled . Bible *Micah, an Ephraimite, whose narrative features in Judges 17 and Judges 18 *Micah son of Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul, the first king of Israel () *Micah (prophet), eponymous prophet of the Book of Micah in the Old Testament *Micaiah, a prophet and the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach" ''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tānāḵh''), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (; Hebrew: ''Mīqrā''), is the Biblical canon, canonical collection of Hebrew language, Hebrew scriptures, including the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim. Different branches of Judaism and Samaritanism have maintained different versions of the canon, including the 3rd-century Septuagint text used by Second-Temple Judaism, the Syriac language Peshitta, the Samaritan Torah, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and most recently the 10th century medieval Masoretic Text, Masoretic text created by the Masoretes currently used in modern Rabbinic Judaism. The terms "Hebrew Bible" or "Hebrew Canon" are frequently confused with the Masoretic text, however, this is a medieval version and one of several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micaiah
Micaiah ( he, ''Mīḵāyəhū'' "Who is like Yah?"), son of Imlah, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He is one of the four disciples of Elijah and not to be confused with Micah, prophet of the Book of Micah. Prophecy The events leading up to the appearance of Micaiah are illustrated in 1 Kings 22:1-12. In 1 Kings 22:1-4, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah goes to visit the King of Israel (identified later, in 1 Kings 22:20, as Ahab), and asks if he will go with him to take over Ramoth-gilead which was under the rule of the king of Aram. Jehoshaphat the Judahite requests that Ahab the Israelite, “Inquire first for the word of the Lord” (1 Kings 22:5). Ahab then calls on his prophets and asks if he should go into battle against Ramoth-gilead. The prophets responded by telling the king of Israel to go into battle, stating that the Lord (Adonai) will deliver Ramoth-gilead into the hand of the king (1 Kings 22:6). Jehoshaphat asks if there are any other prophets of whom to inquir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Barlow
Micah Yates Barlow (6 February 1873 – 13 January 1936) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of Micah Barlow and his wife, Martha Mary Barlow, he was born at Bury in February 1873. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to University College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1894. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in Oxford's first-innings for 3 runs by George Davidson, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 6 runs by Walter Mead. He did not gain a cricket blue while at Oxford. Barlow later went into business and lived at Scarthwaite Country House at Caton-with-Littledale The civil parish of Caton-with-Littledale is situated in Lancashire, England, near the River Lune. The parish lies within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and contains the villages of Caton, Brookhouse, Caton Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Ballard
Micah Ballard is a poet born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on September 23, 1975. Since 1999 he has lived in San Francisco with his wife, poet Sunnylyn Thibodeaux. Under the imprints Auguste Press and Lew Gallery Editions they have printed over 30 books by various poets and artists. Ballard attended the Poetics Program at New College of California in San Francisco’s mission district where he worked with David Meltzer, Joanne Kyger, and Tom Clark. From 2000-07 he directed the Humanities Program there. In 2007 Ballard started the short-lived Lew Gallery with Portland artist Jeff Butler and curated such notable shows as "Artworks" by David Meltzer and "Some of the Worlds Diamonds: Pieces from Living Rooms," a collaboration with painters and poets from San Francisco to New York City. Ballard has given poetry readings at a variety of venues, including the San Francisco State Poetry Center, City Lights Bookstore, SOMArts, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Denver Museum of Contempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Balfour
Micah Balfour (born 18 July 1978) is an English actor. He played PC Benjamin Gayle in the ITV police drama ''The Bill'' from 2007 to 2010. Before ''The Bill'', Balfour worked on ''Absolute Beginners'' at The Lyric Hammersmith (3 May 2007 – 26 May 2007) as Mr Cool, ''The Royal Hunt of the Sun'' at the Royal National Theatre (12 Apr 2006 – 13 May 2006) as Manco, and ''Market Boy'' at the Royal National Theatre (6 Jun 2006 – 22 Aug 2006) as Colonel Blood/Flypitcher. From 2015–2016, he played the role of Dr. Jermaine Bailey in the ITV soap ''Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...''. Television External links * English male television actors Living people 1978 births Black British male actors English people of Nigerian descent {{England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Awe
Micah Awe (born January 4, 1994) is a Nigerian-born Canadian football linebacker who is a member of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Texas Tech. Awe has also been a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets, Toronto Argonauts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Redblacks and BC Lions. College career Awe accumulated 171 solo tackles over 51 games for the Texas Tech Red Raiders including 77 stops as a senior and defensive captain in 2015. Professional career Tampa Bay Buccaneers Awe was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following the team's rookie mini-camp in May 2016. After not making the final 53-man roster Awe was signed to the Buccaneers' practice squad on September 5, 2016. He was cut from the Buc's practice roster only 5 days later on September 10. BC Lions On March 7, 2017, Awe and the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League agreed to a contract. In one season with the Lions, Awe recorded 54 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Lakin Avni
Micah Lakin Avni (born June 13, 1969) is an Israeli businessman, attorney and a human rights and anti-terrorism activist. Avni is the founder and CEO of Peninsula group, a publicly traded Israeli commercial finance company, between 2000-2004 he was a managing partner at Jerusalem Global Ventures(JGV), a venture capital fund known for its investments in software, telecommunications, and life sciences-related start ups. He previously worked as part of the Hi-Tech Practice Group at Yigal Arnon & Co. He was one of the team that founded Deltathree.com. Avni also serves as the chairman of Concert – Together for Israel (previously, Kela Shlomo Ltd.), a public-private partnership whose aim is to combat the deligitimization of the State of Israel. Micah serves as the chairman of the Association of Israeli Credit Companies. Childhood and family Avni's family moved to Israel from Connecticut in the United States in 1984. His father, Richard Lakin, was a civil rights advocate and school pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Armstrong
Micah Armstrong, also known as Brother Micah, is an American Trinitarian Pentecostal evangelist who preaches publicly at universities. He began his campus ministries full-time in 2006, however he visited campuses in his spare time as early as 2004, with visits also possibly occurring as early as the mid-1990s. Armstrong travels with his wife Elizabeth preaching in circuits mostly in the eastern and southern parts of the United States. Armstrong uses outrageous statements to spark heated discussions. According to Jay Reeves of the Associated Press, Armstrong "holds a near mythic status on college campuses across the eastern United States". On December 1, 2013, Jesse Morrell's OpenAirOutreach.com, published a documentary film on Armstrong's personal life and preaching.Brother Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Altman
Micah Altman (born August 31, 1967) is an American social scientist who conducts research in social science informatics. Since 2012, he has worked as the head research scientist in the MIT Libraries, first as director of the Program on Information Science (2012-2018) and subsequently as director of research for the libraries' Center for Research on Equitable and Open Scholarship. Altman previously worked at Harvard University. He is known for his work on redistricting, scholarly communication, privacy and open science. Altman is a co-founder of ''Public Mapping Project'', which develops DistrictBuilder, an open-source software. Biography Altman was born on August 31, 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He studied computer science and political philosophy at Brown University, graduating in 1989. He then went to the California Institute of Technology where he studied social science under Morgan Kousser and received a Ph.D. in 1998. He worked as a postdoctoral resear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Alberti
Micah Anthony Alberti (born August 19, 1984) is an American model and actor. Alberti began modeling as an adolescent and obtained his first acting job playing James Edward Martin on ''All My Children''. After his one-year stint on the soap opera ended, Alberti appeared on prime-time guest spots (''8 Simple Rules'', ''Smallville'') until he landed the role on the ABC Family drama ''Wildfire'' as troubled teen Matt Ritter. In 2009 he starred in the cable thriller ''Xtra Credit'' as a convicted teen attending a prison-reform school who is seduced by a teacher desperate to get out of her abusive marriage. He previously dated Rumer Willis Rumer Glenn Willis (born August 16, 1988) is an American actress. She is the eldest daughter of actor Bruce Willis and actress Demi Moore. She has appeared in films ''Hostage'' (2005), ''The House Bunny'' (2008), ''Sorority Row'' (2009) and ''Onc ... before splitting in 2011. Filmography References External links * 1984 births Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Albert
Micah Luke Albert (born January 2, 1979) is an American photojournalist who is represented by Redux Pictures in New York City. Based in California, he typically covers under-reported foreign affairs issues in Africa and the Middle East, but also works on assignments in the United States and Mexico. After being a grantee recipient from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Albert went on to win a World Press Photo award in 2013 for his coverage and investigation of the largest trash dumpsite in the world in Nairobi, Kenya. Education Albert graduated from Wasco Union High School in Wasco, California in 1997 and went on to Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, where he earned a degree in graphic communications. Career Along with David Conrad, with whom he often works, Albert captured the intensity of southern Algeria and the insecurity of the region, as well as the role of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's rebels and the influence of Al Qaeda in the region and publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micah Aivazoff
Micah Aivazoff (born May 4, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played 92 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, and New York Islanders between 1993 and 1996. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1989 to 2002, was mainly spent in the minor leagues. Playing career His junior career was spent with the Victoria Cougars, in the Western Hockey League, and he was selected in the sixth round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, 109th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings. He went on to play with thDetroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers, and New York Islanders of the NHL, as well as with various minor league and European teams. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Transactions *February 5, 1988: Los Angeles Kings trades the rights to Aivazoff to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Brian Engblom Brian Paul Engblom (born January 27, 1955) is a Canadian ice hockey broadcaster for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
